Definition of charge

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Charge (n.) Thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds; -- called also charre..

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Withdraw :: Withdraw (v. t.) To take back; to recall or retract; as, to withdraw false charges..
Justification :: Justification (n.) The showing in court of a sufficient lawful reason why a party charged or accused did that for which he is called to answer.
Impeach :: Impeach (v. t.) To charge with a crime or misdemeanor; to accuse; especially to charge (a public officer), before a competent tribunal, with misbehavior in office; to cite before a tribunal for judgement of official misconduct; to arraign; as, to impeach a judge. See Impeachment..
Mischarge :: Mischarge (n.) A mistake in charging.
Detriment :: Detriment (n.) A charge made to students and barristers for incidental repairs of the rooms they occupy.
Average :: Average (n.) Any charge in addition to the regular charge for freight of goods shipped.
Supercharge :: Supercharge (v. t.) To charge (a bearing) upon another bearing; as, to supercharge a rose upon a fess..
Conservator :: Conservator (n.) An officer who has charge of preserving the public peace, as a justice or sheriff..
Charge :: Charge (v. t.) To lay on or impose, as a task, duty, or trust; to command, instruct, or exhort with authority; to enjoin; to urge earnestly; as, to charge a jury; to charge the clergy of a diocese; to charge an agent..
Commoner :: Commoner (n.) A student in the university of Oxford, Eng., who is not dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university charges; - - at Cambridge called a pensioner..
Surcharge :: Surcharge (v. t.) To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon..
Proper :: Proper (a.) Represented in its natural color; -- said of any object used as a charge.
Embrasure :: Embrasure (n.) An aperture with slant sides in a wall or parapet, through which cannon are pointed and discharged; a crenelle. See Illust. of Casemate..
Consign :: Consign (v. t.) To give in charge; to commit; to intrust.
Metage :: Metage (v.) Charge for, or price of, measuring..
Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To shoot; to discharge or drive forth.
Auget :: Auget (n.) A priming tube connecting the charge chamber with the gallery, or place where the slow match is applied..
Hydragogue :: Hydragogue (a.) Causing a discharge of water; expelling serum effused into any part of the body, as in dropsy..
Quittance :: Quittance (v. t.) Discharge from a debt or an obligation; acquittance.
Dismissal :: Dismissal (n.) Dismission; discharge.
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